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Tempest
Unit
Race	Protoss
Role	Warship
Armament	Kinetic overload Resonance coil
Properties
Sight range	12
Production
Minerals	300
Gas	200
Psi	4
Build time	60
Produced from	Stargate
Requires	Fleet beacon
Hotkey	T
Movement
Speed	1.88
Acceleration	1.0625
Lateral acceleration	46.0625
Deceleration	0
Collision radius	1.25
Protection
Shields	150
Hit points	300
Armor	2
Type	Air Mechanical Massive
Armor type	Armored
Kinetic Overload
Damage	30 + 50 vs massive
Targets	Air
Cooldown	3.3
Range	15
Upgrade/level	+3/+5 vs massive
Resonance Coil
Damage	30
Targets	Ground
Cooldown	3.3
Range	15
Upgrade/levels	+3
Meta
Kill score	600
Production score	600

The protoss tempest is a unit that was introduced in StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm.

OverviewEdit

A capital ship, the tempest, was developed by the protoss after the first phase of the Second Great War in order to maximize the effectiveness of their war machine against their enemies,^[1] specifically dealing with the long-range weaponry of the zerg and terrans.^[2]

Tempest pilots build up volatile energies in the kinetic matrix that powers the tempest, then propels the energy through the ship's hull. This, fused with a contained sphere of highly-charged particles, can then be launched at distant targets. The fanatic tempest pilots must wear bulky dampening armor to protect them from the energies coursing through the ships.^[2]

Game UnitEdit

The tempest is a new protoss capital ship.^[3] It has very long-ranged ("siege") weapons, for both anti-air and anti-ground.^[4]

The tempest does low damage for its cost, which is intentional—it is very much a support unit meant to be used strategically rather than a core combat one. It is good at enemy harassment and forcing the enemy to come into the range of core protoss units.^[5]

QuotationsEdit

See: StarCraft II Tempest Quotations

DevelopmentEdit

Main article: Tempest/Development

The tempest's aesthetic was devised by Samwise Didier via a "napkin concept." The first sketch was simply a curve with a ball of energy within it.^[6]

In its current form, the tempest was designed to exemplify the sleek, organic shapes of the protoss.^[7]

ReferencesEdit